Berry College

Jessica Howard has been an Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Berry College Sports Medicine Department since 2016. She covers men's and women's soccer, as well as men's and women's swim/dive. As the mental health coordinator, she helps serve the athletic department by providing mental health resources and best practices. She also helps facilitate leadership opportunities for the sports medicine student workers.

She is outreached through Advance Rehab in Rome, Ga. She comes from UNC Greensboro where she received her MS in Athletic Training. Before that, she played basketball and graduated with a BS in Physical Education from the University of North Georgia.

While at UNCG, she had the opportunity to work with a variety of sports through clinical rotations. Wake Forest Women's Basketball and Volleyball teams, Page High School sports, and Guilford College Women's Lacrosse were some of the experiences she was afforded in her experience at UNCG. 

She is originally from Toccoa, GA, where she attended Stephens County High School. She is currently residing in Rome, Ga.